NYC Sightseeing Security Checks

I'm just coming back from a vacation to New York City and want to write about my experiences going through security to say where you can and can't go with a pocket knife. Btw: you can carry a pocket knife in NYC, read the actual laws and not someone's post.

American Natural History Muesum: only bag checks with a flashlight.

Top of the Rock: no knives at all. Bags in X-ray, person through metal detector.

NYC Public Library: only bag checks with a flashlight.

WTC Muesum: no knives at all. Bags in X-ray, person through metal detector.

Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island:
Small pocket knifes under 2 1/2" blades allowed only. Bags in X-ray, person through metal detector. (To get to the pedistal or crown you need to go through an addition security check but you can check a bag for $2).

Most of their websites will say no pocket knives even though when you get there, some location's signs clearly left that part of list of banned items. I felt unneedly vulnerable half of the time I was there because of overly strict websites. Some websites even say you can't bring food and drinks in when you clearly can. Only place you can't bring food/drink is top of the rock or the Effie Tower pedistal/crown($2 check bag okay), but Top of the Rock clearly didn't care about my 2 bottles of water and granola bars in the X-ray machine.

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NYC Sightseeing Security Checks